Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. RNDr. Michal Zeman, DrSc.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Zeman
I.2 - Name
Michal
I.3 - Degrees
prof., RNDr., DrSc
I.4 - Year of birth
1952
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
professor
I.8 - E-mail address
michal.zeman@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5294
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Biology
I.11 - ORCID iD
orcid.org/0000-0002-2712-6805

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
1976
II.c - Study field and programme
Biology, Animal physiology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Research Institute for Animal Production
II.b - Year
1982
II.c - Study field and programme
General Animal Sciences
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
II.b - Year
1998
II.c - Study field and programme
Animal physiology
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Masaryk University Brno
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
Animal physiology
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
II.a - Name of the university or institution
The University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in Košice
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
Animal physiology

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
assistant professor Department of Farm Aninal Physiology, Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra 1977
independent researcher Poultry Research Institute, Ivanka pri Dunaji 1978-1987
eading reseracher Institute of Farm Animal Physiology, SASci Košice, pracovisko Ivanka pri Dunaji 1987-1989
leading reseracher Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, SASci v Ivanke pri Dunaji 1990-1998
profesor Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava from 1999 till now

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Selected lectures from Animal Physiology for students at the Department of Farm Animal Physiology Catholic University of Leuven, Begium 1992
Invited lecturer at Summer school Viva La science Slovak Acricultural University Nitra 2019

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Animal and Human Physiology Biology I. Biology
Animal and Human Physiology Medical Biology I. Biology
Perspectives of Current Biology Biology I. Biology
Environmental Physiology Animal Physiology and Ethology II. Biology
Cardiovascular Physiology Animal Physiology and Ethology II. Biology
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Animal Physiology and Ethology II. Biology
Animal Physiology III. Biology
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Animal Physiology Biology
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
20
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
29
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
15
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Bioethics Biology, Medical Biology I. Biology
Bioethics Teacher Training for Biology in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
Bioethics Environmental Science I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Animal and Human Physiology Systematic Biology I. Biology
Seminar in Animal Physiology 1 Biology, Medical Biology I. Biology

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
616
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
153
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
170
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
51
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1987
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
733
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1987
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
733
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
23
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Gwinner H, Van't Hof T, Zeman M. Hormonal and behavioral responses of starlings during a confrontation with males or females at nest boxes during the reproductive season. Hormones and Behavior, 42(1): 21-31, 2002.

2

Halberg F, Cornelissen G, Katinas G, Tvildiani L, Gigolashvili M, Janashia K, Toba T, Revilla M, Regal P, Sothern RB, Wendt HW, Wang Z, Zeman M. et al. Chronobiology's progress: Season's appreciations 2004-2005. Time-, frequency-, phase-,variable-,individual, -age and site-specific chronomics. Journal of Applied Biomedicine, 4(1):1-38, 2006.

3

Chovancova B, Hudecova S, Lencesova L, Babula P, Rezuchova I, Penesova A, Grman M, Moravcik R, Zeman M, Krizanova O: Melatonin-induced changes in cytosolic calcium might be responsible for apoptosis induction in tumour cells. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2017, 44: 763-777.

4

Nosál'ová V, Zeman M, Černá S, Navarová J, Zakálová M: Protective effect of melatonin in acetic acid induced colitis in rats. Journal of Pineal Research, 42(4): 364-370, 2007.

5

Vician M, Zeman M, Herichová I, Juráni M, Blažček P, Matis P: Melatonin content in plasma and large intestine of patients with colorectal carcinoma before and after surgery. Journal of Pineal Research, 27(3): 164-169, 1999. 

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Grubisic M, Haim A, Bhusal P, Dominoni DM, Gabriel K, Jechow A, Kupprat F, Lerner A, Marchant P, Riley, W, Stebelova K, van Grunsven RHA, Zeman M, Zubidat AE, Hölker F: Light pollution, circadian photoreception, and melatonin in vertebrates. Sustainability, 11: 6400, 2019.

2

Svitok P, Husková Z, Červenková L, Kikerlová S, Vaňourková Z, Sedláková L, Vacková Š, Šutovska H, Zeman M, Kopkan L. The exaggerated salt-sensitive response in hypertensive transgenic rats (TGR mRen-2) fostered by a normotensive female. Hypertension Research, 42: 459-468, 2019.

3

Zeman, M., Okuliarova, M., Rumanova, V.S. Disturbances of Hormonal Circadian Rhythms by Light Pollution. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 (8), art. no. 7255; 2023.

4

Rumanová VS, Okuliarová M, Foppen E, Kalsbeek A, Zeman M: Exposure to dim light at night alters daily rhythms of glucose and lipid metabolism in rats. Frontiers in Physiology. Article number 973461, 2022

5

Helm B., Greives T., Zeman M.: Endocrine–circadian interactions in birds: implications when nights are no longer dark. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379, art. no. 20220514, 2024.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Rumanova VS, Okuliarova M, Molcan L, Sutovska H, Zeman M: Consequences of low-intensity light at night on cardiovascular and metabolic parameters in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2019 Sep;97(9):863-871. Cited in:  Masís-Vargas, A., Ritsema, W.I.G.R., Mendoza, J., Kalsbeek, A. Metabolic Effects of Light at Night are Time- and Wavelength-Dependent in Rats. Obesity, 2020, 28(S1), pp. S114-S125

2

Chovancova B, Hudecova S, Lencesova L, Babula P, Rezuchova I, Penesova A, Grman M, Moravcik R, Zeman M, Krizanova O: Melatonin-induced changes in cytosolic calcium might be responsible for apoptosis induction in tumour cells. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2017, 44: 763-777. Cited in: Altamura, C., Greco, M.R., Carratù, M.R., Cardone, R.A., Desaphy, J.-F. Emerging roles for ion channels in ovarian cancer: Pathomechanisms and pharmacological treatment. Cancers, 2021, 13(4),668, pp. 1-28

3

Zeman M., Herichova I. Melatonin and clock genes expression in the cardiovascular system. Frontiers in Bioscience, 2013, 5 S (2) , pp. 743-753. Cited in:  Cipolla-Neto, J., Do Amaral, F.G.Melatonin as a Hormone: New Physiological and Clinical Insights. Endocrine Reviews, 2018, 39(6), pp. 990-1028

4

Zeman M., Szantoova K., Stebelova K., Mravec B., Herichova I.:Effect of rhythmic melatonin administration on clock gene expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and the heart of hypertensive TGR(mRen2)27 rats. Journal of Hypertension, 27 2009, SUPPL. 6, pp. S21-S26. Cited in: Chang, L., Xiong, W., Zhao, X., (...), Lin, J.D., Chen, Y.E.: Bmal1 in perivascular adipose tissue regulates resting-phase blood pressure through transcriptional regulation of angiotensinogen. Circulation, 2018, 138(1), pp. 67-79

5

Zeman M., Dulkova K., Bada V., Herichova I. Plasma melatonin concentrations in hypertensive patients with the dipping and non-dipping blood pressure profile 2005, Life Sciences, (16) 1795-1803. Cited in: Hermida, R.C., Ayala, D.E., Fernández, J.R., Mojón A., Smolensky M.H., Fabbian, F. , Portaluppi, F. : Administration-Time Differences in Effects of Hypertension Medications on mbulatory Blood Pressure Regulation. Chronobiology International, 2013, 30(1-2), pp. 280-314


VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

APVV - 17-0178, 2018 –2022 - Consequences of the circadian disruption by artificial light at night on physiological and behavioral processes (principal investigator). The project addresses the negative effects of light contamination on physiological processes regulating the cardiovascular and immune systems in laboratory mammals and analyzes melatonin levels as a suitable indicator of light pollution

2

APVV-21-0223 - 2022 -2026 - Strengthening of impaired circadian control of vital functions as prevention of civilization diseases (responsible investigator). The project is aimed at finding environmental and nutritional factors and strategies that could strengthen the circadian control of physiological functions and behaviour and thus increase the resistance of organisms to negative environmental factors, which are involved in development of digh incidence of diseases of civilisation.

3

APVV-14-0318, 2015-2019 - MicroRNA analysis and characterization of expression of selected proteins in a circadian context as a prognostic biomarker for colorectal cancer (principal investigator of a cooperating institution). An application project which, together with collaborating institutes (Institute of Experimental Oncology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and St. Elizabeth's Oncology Institute), addressed the use of microRNA-based prognostic markers in patients with colorectal cancer.

4

APVV-16-0209, 2017-2021 -Circadian and ontogenetic regulation of miRNAs in mammals (co-investigator). The project was focused on the validation of detection and optimization of micro RNA measurement for the needs of physiological and oncological research.

5

VEGA 1/0492/19, 2019 –2022 Desynchronization of circadian rhythms in selected animal models of diseases of civilization (principal investigator). The project addresses the consequences of disruption of circadian rhythms at the central and peripheral level, especially in terms of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity.

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
/Chairman of the Boards for PhD thesis defense and guarantor for Ms. and PhD. study in the field of Animal Physiology at Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2002-till now
The member of the Boards for PhD thesis defense in Animal Physiology at Faculty of Natural Sciences, Pavol Jozef Safarik University Košice Pavol Jozef Safarik University Košice 2014 - 2022
The member of the Boards for PhD thesis defense in Pharmacology at Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Pharmacy 2016 till now
The member of the Boards for PhD thesis defense in Animal Physiology at Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium 1992-1995
External Member of Scientific Board at the Center of Biological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences Center of Biological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 2022 - till now
External Member of Scientific Board at the Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 2023- till now

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Max-Planck-instutute for Physiology of Behaviour Seewiesen, Germany 1991-1992 visiting scientist
Catholic University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium 1992-1993 visiting scientist
Roslin Institute, Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK 1993 visiting scientist supported by the Royal Society
Max-Planck-instutute for Physiology of Behaviour Seewiesen, Germany 1994 visiting scientistsupported by Max-Planck Gesselschaft
Catholic University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium 1995 visiting scientist supported by APVV
Warsaw University, Faculty of Biology Warsaw, Poland 2005 Master in Science Programme, supported by EU

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

2012- Honorary Plaque Slovak Academy of Sciences from advancement of Biological Sciences; 2017 - Gold Medal of the Slovak Medical Society; 2017 - Silver Medal of Comenius University, 2017; Gold Medal of Comenius University, 2022; 2019 - Head of the top team Integration and Behavioral Biology; Member of the Steering Committee and representative of the Slovak Republic in the European network LoNNE focused on light pollution; 2021 - Member of the "Earth Hour Personalities" club;; 2025 - Member of the National Ethics Commission at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for the Recovery Plan and Knowledge Economy.

Date of last update
2025-03-21